Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4
पुष्करस्य प्रभासस्य निमिषस्यार्बुदस्य च । कुरुक्षेत्रस्य क्षेत्रस्य धर्मारण्यस्य देवताः
puṣkarasya prabhāsasya nimiṣasyārbudasya ca | kurukṣetrasya kṣetrasya dharmāraṇyasya devatāḥ
Auch die Schutzgottheiten von Puṣkara, Prabhāsa, Nimiṣa und Arbuda, ebenso von Kurukṣetra und dem heiligen Dharmāraṇya, waren zugegen.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Puṣkara; Prabhāsa; Nimiṣa (Naimiṣa); Arbuda; Kurukṣetra; Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Arjuna
Scene: A composite 'map-as-procession': six tīrtha-deities appear with distinct iconographic tokens—Puṣkara with lotus lake and Brahmā-symbols; Prabhāsa with sea-waves and liṅga motif; Nimiṣa with sacrificial fire and kusa grass; Arbuda with mountain peak and pine/cedar; Kurukṣetra with dharma-banner and chariot-wheel; Dharmāraṇya with forest canopy and scripture scroll—moving toward Brahmā’s assembly.
FAQs
Pilgrimage traditions are interlinked; many kṣetras collectively participate in a shared sacred order.
Puṣkara, Prabhāsa, Nimiṣa, Arbuda, Kurukṣetra, and Dharmāraṇya are explicitly named.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it is a catalog of tīrthas whose deities are present.